“Melvin’s got great instincts,” Turner said. “He’s a fast learner. He’s got outstanding work ethic. He is going to learn from these (veterans), being around them every day, on how to go about your business and also the little subtleties of the position.

“He’s a very versatile player. We’re going to give him all he can handle.”

Ingram started at inside linebacker, defensive tackle and defensive end during his college career at South Carolina.

The Chargers also plan to move him around.

For now, the focus is working the 23-year-old at his primary position, strong-side outside linebacker, where he’s rotating in and out with Jarret Johnson.

Learning from such veterans, Ingram says, has made his NFL transition easier.

“It’s going real well,” Ingram said Tuesday at minicamp, which will continue today before its Thursday conclusion. “It’s everything that I expected. Nothing has surprised. I feel like I’m adjusting real well, and my teammates are helping me adjust real well. It’s just an ongoing process.”

There aren’t shoulder pads or tackling during on-field workouts.

There are early impressions.

Among the outside linebackers, Antwan Barnes says he’s noticed Ingram doesn’t make the same mistake twice. For Shaun Phillips, the rookie’s receptiveness to advice has stood out, he said.

Johnson spent his first nine seasons in Baltimore. He called Ingram a “beast,” someone who helps make the Chargers’ outside linebackers “probably the most deep group I’ve ever been on.”

“Between me and SP being the older vets,” Johnson said, “you’ve got Barnes coming off 11 sacks last year. You’ve got the rook (Ingram). You’ve got Larry English coming back healthy. That’s a hell of a group. The competition is going to make us all better. We’re going to be as deep as anybody in the league at that position. We’re going to have rushers from everywhere.”

No one is anointing Ingram two months after the draft.

Time will tell the type of NFL career he has.

Yet so far, without a drop of buyer’s remorse, the Chargers like what they see.

“Melvin is an aware football player,” linebackers coach Joe Barry said. “When you have awareness and you have instincts and you have feel, he might do something completely wrong, but he’s aware enough to fall into things.

“He’s a rookie. He’s got a million miles to travel ... But (expletive), he’s making progress, and that’s all I can ask for. I’m really excited for him. I think he’s going to be a hell of a player.”